Clothes-tree of the like.



W. T. ADAMS.

CLOTHES TREE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. I915.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA VLANOORAPH co., WASHINGTON. n. c

WILLIAM: T. ADAMS, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-TEEE OR THE LIKE.

Application filed June 19,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM T. ADAMs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reading, in the county of Berks andState of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ClothesTrees or thelike, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to vertical-column stands or supportssuch as clothes trees; and it consists in providing an improvedconstruction in which separate bracket-arms are simply connected inseries to the central column member so as to form rigid supporting meansat the bottom of the column, or in determined position upon the latter,as fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing, thenovel fea tures being specifically pointed out in the claims.

A main object of my invention is to pro- ,vide a knock-down constructioncomprising separate easily produced parts adapted to be easily assembledin a rigid and ornamental supporting structure, and it is bestillustrated as applied in the accompanying drawings where separateattached series of bracket-arms are made to form respectively asupporting base for the column, and supporting hooks upon the upperportion of the latter.

Figure 1 is a general view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is an enlargedsectional plan view, on the line 2.-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a separate view of themodified form of clamping sleeve employed for the upper series ofbracket-arms.

The central column 5 is preferably formed by a piece of round tubing cutto desired length and provided with a cap 6 at its upper end. Thesupporting base for the column is formed by a series of separatebracket-arms 7, which are rigidly assembled in a clamping sleeve 8inclosing the lower portion of the column, while another series ofbracket-arms 7 are shown similarly secured to the upper portion of thecolumn by another clamping sleeve 8 to serve as supporting hooks. I

The lower clamping sleeve 8 differs from the upper one 8 merely in beingof conical or downwardly-flared form; and the lower bracket-arms '7differ from the upper ones 7 mainly in having their pocket-engagingPatented June 211*, 1%16.

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portions 10'tapered to correspond with the flared form of the sleeve 8.In each case these sleeves have a central passage way 11 of somewhatlarger size than the column 5 so as to permit free sliding movement ofthe latter; and a series of symmetrically arranged radially-extendingpockets 12 open to said central passage way 11 and each adapted toreceive the engaging portion of a bracket arm.

The opposing side walls 13, 13 of each of these pockets are so spaced asto loosely receive the engaged portion 10 of a bracketarm; and when theouter face 14 of the latter is seated against the outer wall of thepocket its inner face is adapted to project slightly into the centralpassage way 11 so as to insure contact with the wall of the column 5when the latter is in place. In order that this contact may be such asto produce a tilting effect on each bracket-arm when the parts areclamped together, this inner face is made eccentric to the wall of thecolumn so that its line of contact, 15, with the latter will be locatedto one side of the radial line 1616 of the pocket. The clamp ing of theparts is effected as indicated by a single clamping screw 18 extendingthrough a screw threaded opening 19 in the wall of the sleeve andadapted to bear upon the rear face of one of the pocket-engagedbracketarms. Each of the latter is formed with a positioning shoulder 22which rests upon the edge of the engaged sleeve, as indicated.

The base-forming bracket-arms 7 are formed as shown with an offset 20which serves as a support or stop for the column 5 when the parts areassembled. In doing this the series of arms 7 are loosely placed in therespective pockets 12 of the sleeve, and the end portion of the column 5is then inserted into the latter, in loose contact with the inner facesof the grouped arms, until stopped by the supporting offsets 20. Bymerely tightening up the clamping screw 20 against one of thebracket-arms all the parts are sin'iultaneously pressed tightlytogether. Because of the contact line 15 of each arm with the columnbeing located to one side of It Will be readily seen that all the partsof my improved device are simply and a clamping-sleeve slidablethereonand provided with a series of interior radially-extending pockets, aseries of bracket-arms each provided with a pocket-engagingportionhaving an inner face adapted to contact with the column to oneside of the radial center line of the pocket, and means for aclamping-sleeve slidahle thereon and provided with a, series of:interior radially-extending pockets, a corrcspomling series of separatebraclmt-arms engageahle in said radial pockets, and provided withcolumnsupporting oli'sets, and means for seating the engagedbracket-arms rigidly against the column.

4. A stand comprising a vertical column, a plurality of clamping-sleevesslidable thereon and each provided with a series of interiorradially-extending pockets, separate series of separate bracket-armsengageable respectively in the radial pockets of the respective sleeves,and means for seating the engaged bracket-arms of each series rigidlyagainst the column; the bracket-arms of one oi said series beingprovided with columnsupporting ofl'sets.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM T. ADAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained (or five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Pat nt Washington, D. G.

